Akwa Ibom government, PDP deny celebrating Atiku over alleged Tinubu’s fake CSU certificate
Akwa Ibom State Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as well as the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Umo Eno, Mr Ekerete Udoh have dismissed the report that the governor lauded Atiku Abubakar for his role in the purported fake certificate saga of President Bola Tinubu at the Chicago State University.
This clarification is not unconnected with the viral information on social media that Governor Umo Eno during the PDP stakeholders meeting in the state on Tuesday celebrated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s efforts in exposing President Tinubu’s alleged fake certificate:
But PDP in a statement by its publicity Secretary, Borono Bassey said the rumour has malicious intent to drag Umo Eno and the Akwa Ibom PDP into a matter that is undergoing the processes of law.
He noted that the matter being subjudiced; neither the governor nor the PDP at the state level is competent to comment on it.
He added that since the governor is not a party on record in the suit, he would only await the judgement of the court stressing “he will join in the usual respectful and deferential chorus of “As the court pleases!!”.
On his part, Umo Eno’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Udoh insisted that the governor remained bipartisan saying, the report was aimed at smearing the warm relationship that exist between president Tinubu whom he described as the father of the nation and Governor Umo Eno.
And while challenging the peddlers to provide video evidence of where the governor made such remarks, the CPS insisted, “At no time, at the PDP stakeholders’ meeting that took place yesterday, was any such issue as maliciously reported by the faceless reporter, ever tabled or discussed. We challenge the writer to provide recorded evidence of such discussions.
“We wish to reiterate the fact that, His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, as a pastor does not engage in small talks. He respects constituted authority, and as a bridge- builder, who has worked across party lines since he was sworn in, would never engage in such partisan glib talks.”
